noun
- a thorough search of a person or place
- extortion of money through threats or intimidation
- a test of a new system or procedure to identify problems
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
adjective
- designed to test or break in something new
Examples
- The guards conducted a shakedown of all the prisoners’ cells.
- The corrupt official demanded a shakedown from local businesses.
- The new software needs a shakedown before we launch it publicly.
- He slept on a shakedown in the basement.
- The ship went on a shakedown cruise to test its equipment.
- This is just a shakedown run to work out any problems.
- The police performed a shakedown of the suspect’s apartment.